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more syllables than its nominative, thus daṫ is pronounced daċ because the genitive is daṫa. So, too, tráṫ has tráṫa as genitive, and therefore is pronounced tráċ even in the compound tráċnúna [tráṫnóna]. Riṫ or ruṫ, running, is pronounced ruċ because the genitive is reaṫa.
(3) A sound similar to that of the “i” in “time” is a distinctive feature of Waterford Irish. All letters in capitals, as cIll (kile), cAInt (kine-t), have this sound. In strict accuracy, there are two varieties of the sound: CIll, for instance, would be better represented by the spelling keh-eel (keh is the sound of ke in “Kevin”), and caint by kah-eent. (Pronounce keh-eel or kah-eent without making a pause at the hyphen or mark in the centre of the word.) The general rule is that when the vowel or vowels capitalised are followed—(a) Immediately by n, as cAInt, bInn; (b) by m and a consonant, as ṫImpeall; (c) by m as the last letter in a word of one syllable, as Im, sUIm, the ah-ee sound is heard; the ah-ee sound is also heard, if a be one of the vowels in capitals, as cAIll, fAIll (fwah-eel). In all other cases it is eh-ee. Thus, ah-ee is heard in crUInn, rInce, sImpliḋe, trOImpéid, and eh-ee in sOIllse [pl. of solas], dOIṀin (note that oiṁ is equivalent to eh-ee since the entire group of letters is in capitals), EIḂlín.
(4) Another important vowel sound is that in such words as crann, lom. It resembles the sound of “ow” in town, and will be indicated by a curved line underneath the vowel, as to͜nn, a͜m. Like the “i” sound, it has two varieties. Lom would be represented by leh-oom, and am by ah-oom. The rule may be put as follows:—If a, alone or with other vowels, followed by a liquid, stand over the curved line,
